Bjorn Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 (edited) YES! Another one! One week to go and still there are Heller kits in my stash! So let's do my original plan for this GB, at that time when my plan was to build one model only, before this was totally freaked out... Years ago I bought the old Hasegawa Viggen kit in the re-release with decals for this one: This was the last flying Viggen at F 10 wing, today preserved (and restored) at Stenbäcks Flygmuseum in southern Sweden. The Hasegawa kit is the old Frog one, not worth building (I gave it to my son to try model building), but decals are fairly nice. Although today there are better ones from Moose Republic Decals, I had a plan to someday use them on one of my old Heller kits. And someday is now: I had another Pavla resin seat, so this will be the only aftermarket on this one. And straight OOB is the only chance to make it until sunday... However, painting will be a quick process, a little easier than my splinter one. I used decals for the cockpit, that - of course - will be closed this time. No time for re-scribing panel lines. However, this time the raised ones probably will be better than recessed ones. Since I will picture this one when it was fresh-painted, a dark wash would be realistic, so the raised panels will give a better effect, I hope. After some careful sanding, keeping most panel lines in good shape: Ready for primer! Edited February 14, 2021 by Bjorn 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeroenS Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 Wow you're really into this thing aren't you! That's the spirit. There's always room for a Viggen 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 Fantastic Bjorn You builds will become reference material for the rest of us when we finally get round to building our own SAABs in the stash ! Best of luck with this one Cheers Pat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Posted February 9, 2021 Author Share Posted February 9, 2021 1 hour ago, JeroenS said: Wow you're really into this thing aren't you! That's the spirit. There's always room for a Viggen 🙂 I guess I am... This GB has really given me a chance to finally build these old kits in my stash, getting back to old times and realise old projects that I never thought I would build. And also a welcome relief from my normal builds, this was just for fun, it did not matter whether they turned out good or bad. And of course, I love challenges! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyW Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 Taking the Hero option then! Well done, and good luck. I've never seen that scheme before, but it looks a stunner. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Posted February 9, 2021 Author Share Posted February 9, 2021 Turning white... ...and almost Ferrari red! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Posted February 11, 2021 Author Share Posted February 11, 2021 Additional painting finished and ready for decals: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Posted February 11, 2021 Author Share Posted February 11, 2021 ...and with decals. Hasegawa's decals were - as always - a little thick, but apart from that excellent in all aspects. (Better photos will follow.) 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightersweep Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Great work and a super cool colour scheme. What's this Bjorn? Number 12? You're going to need a lie down and a rest once this GB finishes. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Posted February 11, 2021 Author Share Posted February 11, 2021 5 hours ago, fightersweep said: Great work and a super cool colour scheme. What's this Bjorn? Number 12? You're going to need a lie down and a rest once this GB finishes. Thanks! Yes, number 12 it is. But I think that will be enough for this GB. I mean, thirteen means bad luck. 😉 Rest? No, no! Just read the text on the plane! 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Brilliant as ever Bjorn Just to finish the image in my mind, do you drive a SAAB as well ? Cheers Pat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Posted February 12, 2021 Author Share Posted February 12, 2021 7 hours ago, JOCKNEY said: Brilliant as ever Bjorn Just to finish the image in my mind, do you drive a SAAB as well ? Cheers Pat Well, you are on the right track, but no, I don't. I am a fanatic of cars from.... Citroën! Maybe that explains my Heller fascination at least a little. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Posted February 14, 2021 Author Share Posted February 14, 2021 Number twelwe. Since I wanted to portrait this one when it was fresh painted, I did not care about wash and weathering. Which also was a good choice to keep it a quick build... Less than 10 hours are spent on this one, retaining the panel lines which on one hand makes it look a little toy-like, but on the other hand actually makes it look more like the real thing, compare to the picture above. So this time, in my opinion, raised panel lines was actually better than recessed ones. But it is hard to see any contrasts on it trying to to take photos of it, it simply looks more like a red blob... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightersweep Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Fantastic Bjorn! Another fabulous build and a total of 12 for the GB. That's impressive. Totally agree about the panel lines etc. The model looks just how the photo of the real thing looks. No weathering or panel washed needed for this one! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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